n. guise
(a) appearance; facade
(b) bitter or abusive speech; tirade
(c) peace; stillness; harmony; calmness
(d) ruination; purgatory; destruction; hell
n. transmutation
(a) attempt to make friendly or placate; appeasement; compromise
(b) teacher; professor; educator
(c) connection; joint; link
(d) changed form; alternation; change of condition
n. yore
(a) lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest
(b) former period of time
(c) lack of seriousness; instability; frivolity
(d) state of being tired or listless; exhaustion; laziness; weariness
n. guffaw
(a) act of holding together; union
(b) substitution of a milder or socially acceptable word or phrase
(c) boisterous laughter
(d) guess; assumption; supposition
n. asperity
(a) anything of mixed origin; crossbreed
(b) comical imitation; mockery; caricature
(c) harshness; vulgarity
(d) showy yet useless thing |
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n. dint
(a) bad reputation
(b) one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness
(c) strength; power; depression; dent
(d) banter; teasing
n. accolade
(a) sudden, unpredictable or whimsical change; impulse
(b) approving or praising mention; award; honor
(c) lofty place; superiority; height; elevated rank
(d) interval; break; separation; interruption; opening
n. xenophobia
(a) fear of foreigners or strangers
(b) rest period; temporary delay
(c) believer; enthusiast; fan; radical
(d) hesitation in asserting oneself; lack of confidence; timidity; shyness
n. dictum
(a) ability to handle situations with skill and diplomacy; grace; delicacy
(b) concluding passage in music
(c) maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering
(d) formal statement of either fact or opinion; maxim; pronouncement; saying
n. conceit
(a) personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity
(b) knowing about something before it happens; foresight
(c) model; typification; embodiment; archetype; exemplar
(d) exaggerated personal opinion; arrogance; excessive pride |
